From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Mark wrote:
> I'm not a real big sports fan in general, but prefer the individual over the
> team sports. Well, except tennis, that never did anything for me.
>
> On TV I like NASCAR and Formula racing and Golf, but I'm not a glutton for
> punishment, I'll watch the last 20-30 laps of a car race and the last 1-2
> hours of the last day of a golf tournament.  to one of the minor league baseball stadiums nearby, it's different when
> you're there, but not different enough to make the trek to NYC or Philly for
> a pro game>
>

You want to try watching snooker. Incredibly relaxing. Soft quiet
commentators, clunk of balls on balls, huge skill levels....

Adam

> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:44908e8b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> I think you are right about the playing aspect.  I think that applies to
>> tennis on TV and Golf on TV as well.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> "Dave Ings"  wrote in message
>> news:44907723$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> My main complaint about basketball is that there is no scoring drama as
>>> an invidiual basket is next to meaningless ... football, baseball and
>>> "soccer" don't suffer from this design flaw. Also in
8 games out of 10
>>> you can safely ignore the first 59 minutes and just tune in to see who
>>> scores the most in the final minute ... so what's the point of watching
>>> at all?
>>>
>>> Perhaps it's one of those sports that's more fun to play than watch,and
>>> perhaps best appreciated by those who have played it growing
up. Arguably
>>> soccer is a bit like that too, my spouse thinks it is boring but I love
>>> watching it (I played a lot as a kid).
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Dave Ings,
>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>
>>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>>> news:44903df1$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> I don't agree about basketball being boring, but I do
agree its not as
>>>> entertaining as it could be if they made some rule changes
and enforced
>>>> some of the rules they already have.
>>>
>>
>
>

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